# 緋

| 緋 | U+7DCB, &#32203; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7DCB |
| ← 緊 [U+7DCA] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 緌 → [U+7DCC] |

## Translingual
### Han character

緋 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+8, 14 strokes, cangjie input 女火中一卜 (VFLMY), four-corner 2191$_1$, composition ⿰糹非)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 929, character 9
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27604
* Dae Jaweon: page 1367, character 3
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3412, character 8
* Unihan data for U+7DCB

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 緋
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 啡 | *pʰɯːlʔ |
| 排 | *brɯːl |
| 俳 | *brɯːl |
| 輫 | *brɯːl, *buːl |
| 悲 | *prɯl |
| 棑 | *breː, *brɯːls |
| 輩 | *puːls |
| 裴 | *buːl, *bɯl |
| 徘 | *buːl |
| 琲 | *buːlʔ |
| 痱 | *buːlʔ, *pɯds, *bɯl, *bɯls |
| 非 | *pɯl |
| 扉 | *pɯl |
| 緋 | *pɯl |
| 猆 | *pɯl |
| 斐 | *pɯl, *pʰɯlʔ |
| 馡 | *pɯl |
| 騑 | *pɯl, *pʰɯl |
| 誹 | *pɯl, *pɯlʔ, *pɯls |
| 餥 | *pɯl, *pɯlʔ |
| 匪 | *pɯlʔ |
| 棐 | *pɯlʔ |
| 蜚 | *pɯlʔ, *bɯls |
| 篚 | *pɯlʔ |
| 榧 | *pɯlʔ |
| 鯡 | *pɯls |
| 霏 | *pʰɯl |
| 菲 | *pʰɯl, *pʰɯlʔ, *bɯls |
| 婔 | *pʰɯl |
| 裶 | *pʰɯl |
| 悱 | *pʰɯlʔ |
| 奜 | *pʰɯlʔ |
| 腓 | *bɯl, *bɯls |
| 陫 | *bɯlʔ |
| 屝 | *bɯls |
| 厞 | *bɯls |
| 翡 | *bɯls |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *pɯl) : semantic 糸 (“silk”) + phonetic 非 (OC *pɯl).

### Etymology

Maybe a cognate of 翡 (OC *bɯls, “a kind of red kingfisher”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fēi (fei$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): fei$^1$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): fei$^1$
* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): fi$^1$
* Eastern Min (BUC): pĭ
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hui
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hui$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fēi
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄟ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fei
*** Wade–Giles: fei$^1$
*** Yale: fēi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fei
*** Palladius: фэй (fɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /feɪ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fei$^1$
*** Yale: fēi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fei$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: féi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /fei̯⁵⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: fei$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /fei³³/
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: fi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /fi⁴⁴/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: pĭ
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰi⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hui
*** Tâi-lô: hui
*** Phofsit Daibuun: huy
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hui⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hui³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hui⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Taipei): /hui⁴⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hui⁴⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: hui$^1$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hui
*** Sinological IPA : /hui³³/
* Middle Chinese: pj+j
Rime :
| Character | 緋 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 幫 (1) |
| Final (韻) | 微 (21) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 甫微切 |
| Baxter | pj+j |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /pʉi/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pʷɨi/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /piuəi/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /puj/ |
| Li Rong | /piuəi/ |
| Wang Li | /pĭwəi/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /pwe̯i/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | fēi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | fei$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*pɯl/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 緋 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 3078 |
| Phonetic component | 非 |
| Rime group | 微 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 猆 |
| Old Chinese | /*pɯl/ |

### Definitions

緋
* bright red; scarlet

#### Synonyms

* (bright red):
* 大紅 / 大红 (dàhóng)
* 嫣紅 / 嫣红 (yānhóng) (literary)
* 緋紅 / 绯红 (fēihóng)
* 鮮紅 / 鲜红 (xiānhóng)

### Compounds

* 緋紅 / 绯红 (fēihóng)
* 緋紫 / 绯紫
* 緋綠 / 绯绿
* 緋綠社 / 绯绿社
* 緋聞 / 绯闻
* 緋衣 / 绯衣
* 緋衲襖 / 绯衲袄

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
* scarlet, red

#### Readings

* Go-on: ひ (hi)
* Kan-on: ひ (hi)
* Kun: あか (aka, 緋)
* Nanori: あけ (ake)

#### Compounds

* 緋(ひ)衣(い) (hii)
* 緋(ひ)色(いろ) (hiiro)
* 緋(ひ)桃(とう) (hitō)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 緋
* ひ Jinmeiyō
* on'yomi
From Middle Chinese 緋 (MC pj+j).

### Noun

緋(ひ) • (hi)
* scarlet

#### Synonyms

* 緋(ひ)色(いろ) (hiiro)

#### See also

* 深(しん)紅(こう)色(しょく) (shinkōshoku), 紅(ぐ)蓮(れん) (guren): crimson
* 赤(あか) (aka): red

## Korean
### Hanja

緋 • (bi) (hangeul 비, revised bi, McCune–Reischauer pi, Yale pi)
* scarlet, red

#### Compounds

* 비단 (緋緞, Bidan)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

緋: Hán Nôm readings: phi
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